I strongly doubt I'll back Newsom in the 2028 Democratic race, but I admire what he's doing to counter what Republicans are doing in Texas (and so many other places) to destroy what's left of our democracy.

If you are eligible to vote in California, please vote to save democracy this November.

If you're wondering what you can do about ICE as a white person in a blue state...

#uspol

Went to the evening "meet your classmates" open house for the kiddo's middle school

One of the dads is wearing a Palantir shirt.

I am wearing a "You Are Not Alone" shirt from a local vegan cocktails and rock & roll bar.

I've never felt so Sharks vs Jets

The Society of Authors is leading a day of action to protest against Meta's illegal use of copyright material.

Data - facts or statistics collected together for analysis or reference.
Creator- someone or something that brings something into existence.
Original fiction, artwork, music, lyrics, poetry, nonfiction -the list goes on- are not 'data' to be 'scraped' for AI fodder.

What they are is COPYRIGHT!

The empty words of Keir Starmer ...

"We have a range of levers available"
What are these?

"Nothing is off the table"
What is on the table?

"We must move further and faster to the changes I believe that will make our economy stronger"
Such as?

"I will do everything necessary to defend the UK's interest"
And that would be what?

Vapid clichés signifying nothing

#cardboardboy

#StarmerOut

#OnThisDay, 3 Apr 1979, Jane Byrne wins the Chicago mayoral election. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and is sworn in on 16 April. She hires the first black woman to be a school superintendent in the city, and stops the police raiding gay bars.

Lori Lightfoot was the second woman to hold the post, from 2019 to 2023. She’s the first black woman and the first LGBT+ mayor since the post was created in 1837.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons